Metroid (character)
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| Metroid hatchling | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 The infant in the title screen for Super Metroid. | |||
| Species | Metroid | ||
| Homeworld | SR388 | ||
| Born | Metroid II: Return of Samus- ending | ||
| Death | Super Metroid- ending | ||
| Affiliation | Its "mother", Samus. | ||
This article refers to Metroid Hatchling character within the Metroid storyline. For the infant life cycle stage of the Metroid, click here.
The infant Metroid, also known as the Hatchling (which was a name used in reference to Samus as well), is best remembered in its Infant Metroid stage from Metroid II: Return of Samus and Super Metroid, though it did not remain in that size.
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[edit] Metroid II
Samus Aran was ordered by the Galactic Federation to exterminate the remaining Metroids on SR388, so they could no longer be used as weapons by the Space Pirates. She encountered several stages of the creatures on her mission, eventually defeating the Metroid Queen. Soon after, she came across a Metroid egg, the last of the species. It hatched as she approached and the infant followed her back to her ship, carving out obstacles and enemies alike as it orbited around its adopted parent.
[edit] Super Metroid
Samus dropped the larvae off at Ceres Space Colony, where it was to be examined by Federation scientists. Not long after departing, the Colony was attacked by Ridley. Samus arrived in time to watch Ridley depart with the creature, and escaped the station in time to avoid its self-destruction. Samus persued the fiend to Zebes where she defeated him. The capsule that encased the infant had been found broken, with the last Metroid nowhere to be found. The Pirates used beta-radiation to create Mochtroids from it.
In Tourian, Samus found dried husks of a Torizo, Zoomer, Ripper, and Skrees in two of the later rooms. She then watched as a Sidehopper met the same fate, at the hands of the Metroid, now much larger than any that she had previously encountered. It then turned on Samus, siphoning her health within an inch of her life before recognizing her. Samus continued on through the base to fight Mother Brain, who transforms into an enormous cyborgian monster, firing Hyper Beams at Samus until the hunter could no longer stand. As the creature prepared the final blast, the Metroid darted in and latched onto the attacker. Leaving the husk of remains, the enormous Metroid displayed a previously unknown ability to heal Samus. At this time, Mother Brain rises from the dead and fires upon the Metroid. After fully healing Samus, it turns its attention to Mother Brain, who fires off her own attack before the Metroid has a chance to latch on. The dieing Metroid disintigrates over Samus, and endows her with the Hyper Beam ability, which she avenges her "child" with. Samus escapes the exploding planet, when Mother Brains death triggers an enormous explosive.
[edit] Metroid Fusion
Shortly after, Samus is asked to escort a Biologic Space Laboratories science team on SR388. They planned to study the changes in the ecosystem since the Metroid extinction. During this expedition, Samus is attacked by an X Parasite. The creature causes her to become disoriented, and she crashes her Gunship into the SR388 System Asteroid Belt. The ship jettesoned the infected hunter in an escape pod moments before the crash and she was found by the team aboard Biologic Space Laboratories research station and brought there to be treated.
Her Varia Suit could not be removed normally while she was unconcious due to its integration with her nervous system, so parts of it had to be surgically removed. Her chances of survival were very low, until one scientist proposed creating a Metroid vaccine, from surviving DNA of the hatchling. The vaccine was a success, removing all traces of the X from her system. It also helped to create the Fusion Suit, which made Samus more Metroid-like, now weak to cold temperatures and attacks but able to absorb the previously deadly X Parasites for health and ammo.
Samus remarked later that this was the second time the hatchling had saved her life. It was also used in a secret breeding program by the Galactic Federation, cloning new Metroids and producing the later stages on SR388 up to the Zeta Metroid level. Samus had this section of the ship detached, and killed the remaining Omega Metroid that bred outside of it before she rammed the entire complex into the Metroid homeworld. A new "ultimate warrior", Samus carries the last of the Metroid DNA from the hatchling, acting as a single fusion of the two greatest products of the Chozo civilization.
[edit] Trivia
- Samus is referred to as "The Hatchling" by the Chozo of Tallon IV, foreshadowing her "fusion" with the character's final remains later on.
- The title of Super Metroid may be referring to this character's size at the end of the game.
- A capsule containing this Metroid appears in Animal Crossing: Wild World as a furniture piece, and in Super Smash Bros. Melee during the intro video and on a reflection on the Metroid trophy in the game.
